Answer:
a) Compute the cost recovery and adjusted basis for the building.
Total cost recovery is $41,032, and the adjusted basis for the building is $358,968.
b) What are the amount and nature of Skylark's gain or loss from disposition of the property? What amount, if any, of the gain is unrecaptured § 1250 gain?
There is $73,968 of recognized loss on the sale of the property, of which none is subject to § 1250 recapture.
Step-by-step explanation:
a) Take the building basis of $400,000 times the applicable MACRS percentage from table 8.8 in the Cengage text for each year.
2016: $400,000 x 0.01391 = $5,564
2017: $400,000 x 0.02564 = $10,256
2018: $400,000 x 0.02564 = $10,256
2019: $400,000 x 0.02564 = $10,256
2020: $400,000 x (0.02564*(5.5/12 months)) = $4,701
Total Cost Recovery = $41,032 (I had to round down to get it correct)
Then, take the basis minus the total cost recovery to get the adjusted basis.
$400,000 - $41,032 = $358,967 (This one needed to be rounded up...)
b) The loss on the sale is computed by taking the sales price minus the adjusted basis (plus the cost of the land).
$385,000 - ($358,967 + $100,000) = $73,968 (This one also needed to be rounded up...)
There is no 1250 recapture because:
1. The property was depreciated with straight-line, which is not eligible for recapture, and
2. because the property was sold at a loss.
Hopefully this helps! Good luck!!